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North America Nebula - Ha, OII, and SII (Hubble Palette - HDR Enhanced)
North America Nebula - Ha, OII, and SII (Hubble Palette - HDR Enhanced)
North America Nebula - Ha, OII, and SII (Hubble Palette - HDR Enhanced)
North America Nebula - Ha, OII, and SII (Hubble Palette)
North America Nebula - Ha, OII, and SII (Hubble Palette)
North America Nebula - Ha and SII
North America Nebula - Ha and SII
North America Nebula - Ha and OII
North America Nebula - Ha and OII
North America Nebula - Ha, OII, and SII (OIII/Ha/SIII - I call it the "Watermelon Palette")
North America Nebula - Ha, OII, and SII (OIII/Ha/SIII - I call it the "Watermelon Palette")
North America Nebula - Ha, OII, and SII (Hubble Palette - HDR Enhanced) North America Nebula - Ha, OII, and SII (Hubble Palette) North America Nebula - Ha and SII North America Nebula - Ha and OII North America Nebula - Ha, OII, and SII (OIII/Ha/SIII - I call it the "Watermelon Palette")
North American Nebula in Color

Finally managed to find some time for processing the North America Nebula mosaic. Check it out!

Integration time for this five part mosaic:

Ha – 467 minutes
OIII – 467 minutes
SII – 476 minutes
Total – 1410 minutes (23.5 hours)

Check out the larger versions with the links below (be sure to zoom in!)
Hubble Enhanced: Medium Sized Image | Full Size Image
Hubble: Medium Sized Image | Full Size Image
WaterMelon: Medium Sized Image | Full Size Image
Blue: Medium Sized Image | Full Size Image
Red: Medium Sized Image | Full Size Image

Telescope: Explore Scientific ED80 “Essential Series” Triplet
Flattener: TS Optics – TSFlat2.5
Camera: ATIK 16200 Mono
Filters: Baader Narrowband Set (7 to 8.5 nm)
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Guiding: Guidescope (Sky-Watcher 50mm APO) with ASI120MM Mini

Image Processing: PixInsight and Photoshop

Late Summer 2019
Van Buren – Arkansas
Brandon Nichols